Patents Assigned to Xenith, LLC
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Patent number: 11930877Abstract: A helmet may include a shell defining a cavity to receive a user's head. The shell may include a shell outer surface and a receiving area recessed into the shell outer surface. A liner may be within the cavity and coupled to the shell. A facemask may be coupled to the shell. A front bumper may be coupled to the shell and the liner. The front bumper may extend from within the cavity to an exterior of the shell. The front bumper may be positioned at least partially within the receiving area of the shell.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: XENITH LLCInventors: Connor Riegle, Bailey Boyd, Andrew Lark, Grant Goulet, Andrew Elliott, Kyle Lamson
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Patent number: 11864610Abstract: An article of protective equipment for protecting a body part of a user includes a lattice structure with a plurality of struts forming three dimensional volumetric structures. The lattice structure includes a plurality of internal layers, each internal layer having at least one different physical property from the other internal layers, wherein the plurality of internal layers comprises at least one internal layer having physical properties such that the at least one internal layer is capable of compressing more than at least one other internal layer in response to an impact to the article of protective equipment.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Xenith, LLCInventors: Grant C. Goulet, Connor T. Riegle, Ronald Arthur Jadischke
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Publication number: 20210378343Abstract: A helmet may include a shell defining a cavity to receive a user's head. The shell may include a shell outer surface and a receiving area recessed into the shell outer surface. A liner may be within the cavity and coupled to the shell. A facemask may be coupled to the shell. A front bumper may be coupled to the shell and the liner. The front bumper may extend from within the cavity to an exterior of the shell. The front bumper may be positioned at least partially within the receiving area of the shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: December 9, 2021Applicant: Xenith LLCInventors: Connor Riegle, Bailey Boyd, Andrew Lark, Grant Goulet, Andrew Elliott, Kyle Lamson
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Publication number: 20200088260Abstract: A shock absorber includes a bottom rim, a top wall comprising a raised central portion and a top rim, a side wall extending between the top and bottom rims, and a corrugation surrounding a periphery of the raised central portion that (i) connects the raised central portion to the top rim, (ii) descends to a depth below half a height of the side wall, and (iii) is separated by a distance from a surface. Impact forces imparted on the shock absorber are attenuated by a first amount in a first stage by resistive yielding of the side wall; by a second amount in a second stage by depression of the central portion and resistive yielding of the corrugation associated therewith; and by a third amount in a third stage by resistive yielding of the corrugation in response to a force applied to the top rim upon contact with the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: Xenith, LLCInventor: Kyle Lamson
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Patent number: 10544849Abstract: A shock absorber includes a bottom rim, a top wall comprising a raised central portion and a top rim, a side wall extending between the top and bottom rims, and a corrugation surrounding a periphery of the raised central portion that (i) connects the raised central portion to the top rim, (ii) descends to a depth below half a height of the side wall, and (iii) is separated by a distance from a surface. Impact forces imparted on the shock absorber are attenuated by a first amount in a first stage by resistive yielding of the side wall; by a second amount in a second stage by depression of the central portion and resistive yielding of the corrugation associated therewith; and by a third amount in a third stage by resistive yielding of the corrugation in response to a force applied to the top rim upon contact with the surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2016Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: XENITH, LLCInventor: Kyle Lamson
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Publication number: 20190357619Abstract: A cover includes a receiver having a concave-shaped inner surface and a flap including a first side coupled to the receiver and a second side including a fastener. The flap may be movable relative to the receiver from an open position to a closed position. The fastener may be configured to be coupled to the receiver when the flap is in the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2018Publication date: November 28, 2019Applicant: Xenith, LLCInventors: Kyle Lamson, Ryan Patrick Sullivan, David William Selby
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Publication number: 20180274620Abstract: A shock absorber includes a bottom rim, a top wall comprising a raised central portion and a top rim, a side wall extending between the top and bottom rims, and a corrugation surrounding a periphery of the raised central portion that (i) connects the raised central portion to the top rim, (ii) descends to a depth below half a height of the side wall, and (iii) is separated by a distance from a surface. Impact forces imparted on the shock absorber are attenuated by a first amount in a first stage by resistive yielding of the side wall; by a second amount in a second stage by depression of the central portion and resistive yielding of the corrugation associated therewith; and by a third amount in a third stage by resistive yielding of the corrugation in response to a force applied to the top rim upon contact with the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: Xenith, LLCInventor: Kyle Lamson
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Patent number: 9713355Abstract: Shock-absorbing helmet liners may be releasably locked to helmet shells using mechanical fasteners.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2011Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: XENITH, LLCInventor: Bernard Daoust
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Patent number: 9683622Abstract: An impact-absorbing compressible member includes a thin-walled enclosure defining an inner chamber containing a volume of fluid such as air. The enclosure includes one or more orifices which as sized and positioned to allow air to vent from the inner chamber in response to an impact on the member and to refill the inner chamber in response to an impact on the member and to refill the inner chamber after the impact is released. The enclosure is formed of a blow-molded thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) material which is economical to make and durable in use. The compressible members can be used as building blocks for impact-absorbing shell structures for a wide variety of applications such as helmets, protective pads for body parts, sports arena wall padding, vehicular bumpers, dashboards and the like. The compressible member has impact-absorbing advantages over conventional foams currently used in those applications.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2014Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: XENITH, LLCInventor: Vincent R. Ferrara
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Patent number: 8950735Abstract: Shock absorbers for integration into protective structures generally take the form of hollow, compressible cells. The cell enclosure may be configured to provide for two or more compression stages. For example, in various embodiments, the cell enclosure includes one or more corrugations descending from the top wall, which, upon contact with the bottom wall, contribute to impact absorption.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2013Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Xenith, LLCInventors: Alexander Reynolds, Kyle Lamson
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Patent number: 8814150Abstract: Shock absorbers for integration into protective structures generally take the form of hollow, fluid-filled, compressible cells. In various embodiments, the cell enclosure includes one or more orifices, or vents, through which a fluid (such as air or water) can escape from the inner chamber formed by the enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Xenith, LLCInventors: Vincent Ferrara, Alexander Reynolds
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Patent number: D766518Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2016Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: XENITH, LLCInventor: Kyle Lamson
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Patent number: D766519Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2016Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: XENITH, LLCInventor: Kyle Lamson
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Patent number: D767211Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2015Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: XENITH, LLCInventor: Kyle Lamson
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Patent number: D772489Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2015Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Xenith, LLCInventor: Kyle Lamson
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Patent number: D818650Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2017Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: XENITH, LLCInventors: Kyle Larry Lamson, Ryan Patrick Sullivan, David William Selby
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Patent number: D902494Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: XENITH, LLCInventors: Connor Thomas Riegle, Bailey B. Boyd, Kyle Larry Lamson
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Patent number: D903203Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Xenith, LLCInventors: Connor Thomas Riegle, Bailey B. Boyd, Kyle Larry Lamson
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Patent number: D927079Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Xenith LLCInventors: Connor Thomas Riegle, Bailey B. Boyd, Kyle Larry Lamson
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Patent number: D956359Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: XENITH, LLCInventors: Matthew William McPhail, Andrew Lee Lark